Arkansas unveils snazzy helmets for bowl game

Arkansas coach Bret Bielema told his team Friday that he opted to wear white jerseys for the Liberty Bowl to “be nice” to Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, one of Bielema’s former mentors. It wasn’t the jerseys, but the headgear that sent the team into a frenzy.

The best uniform combo that I thought, coming in the bowl game, the way we played this year, and the way everything’s gone, was maybe to change up the uniform up top,” said Bielema.

Bielema, and his staff, then displayed a life-size mannequin sporting the game uniform. The players reacted as if they’d received a new car for Christmas.

The helmets for the bowl game are Cardinal chrome, shiny and reflective with the white Razorbacks logo on the side. The helmets have been a flat red this season with the white mascot logo.